Dishonesty and insincerity.
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Are you afraid of death?
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What is your greatest fear?
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What does the first sixty minutes of your day look like?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Begrudging mean-spiritedness.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2011 source ↗
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Alan Titchmarsh
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Rudeness, arrogance and inability to compromise.
Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
Entitlement, arrogance, and bigotry.
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Of dying, only if painful and protracted, or if I get stuck inside an inert body. I would also not wish to be trapped in a jar.
That human beings will follow their stupid and greedy side, rather than their smart side, and go down the plughole. We’re circling the rim.
The white-water canoe run I did solo at Lady Evelyn Park 20 years ago. It was impromptu. It took the skin off my knees. It was an unnecessary risk.
I would so much like to have a daily writing schedule. If I had one, I'd probably start about 9.30, write for 2 hours, have lunch, write another 2, then goof off. As it is, I goof off, then panic and write in the evenings. Do not follow my example.
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